The Cambridge Companion to Kierkegaard

by Alastair Hannay (Editor), Gordon Daniel Marino (Editor)

Overview

Each volume of this series of Companions to major philosophers contains specially-commissioned essays by an international team of scholars, together with a substantial bibliography, and will serve as a reference work for students and non-specialists. The contributors to this Companion probe the full depth of Kierkegaard's thought revealing its distinctive subtlety. The topics covered include Kierkegaard's views on art and religion, ethics and psychology, theology and politics, and knowledge and virtue. Much attention is devoted to the pervasive influence of Kierkegaard in twentieth-century philosophy. New readers will find this the a convenient and accessible guide to Kierkegaard. Advanced students and specialists will find a conspectus of recent developments in the interpretation of Kierkegaard.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781139815413
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	10/28/1997
Series:	Cambridge Companions to Philosophy
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	571 KB

Table of Contents

Introduction Alastair Hannay and Gordon D. Marino; 1. Out with it: the modern breakthrough, Kierkegaard and Denmark Bruce H. Kirmmse; 2. The unknown Kierkegaard: twentieth-century receptions Roger Poole; 3. Art in an age of reflection George Pattison; 4. Kierkegaard and Hegel Merold Westphal; 5. Neither either nor or: the perils of self-irony Andrew Cross; 6. Realism and anti-realism in Kierkegaard's concluding unscientific postscript C. Stephen Evans; 7. Existence, emotion, and virtue: classical themes in Kierkegaard Robert C. Roberts; 8. Faith and the Kierkegaardian leap M. Jamie Ferreira; 9. Arminian edification: Kierkegaard on grace and free will Timothy P. Jackson; 10. Developing fear and trembling Ronald M. Green; 11. Repetition: getting the world back Edward F. Mooney; 12. Anxiety in the Concept of Anxiety Gordon D. Marino; 13. Kierkegaard and the Variety of Despair Alastair Hannay; 14. Kierkegaard's Christian ethics Philip L. Quinn; 15. Religious dialectics and christology Hermann Deuser; 16. The utilitarian self and the 'useless' passion of faith Klaus-M. Kodalle.

Editorial Reviews

"Readers will find this ne of the most convenient and accessible general guides to Kierkegarrd's writings currently available." World Trade.com

"...richly rewarding...." John Kent, International Philosophical Quarterly

"The sixteen new essays in the Companion to Kierkegaard, written by leading contemporary scholars, will be most useful to readers on the more advanced end of that continuum." Ethics

"The sixteen new essays in the Companion to Kierkegaard, written by leading contemporary scholars, will be most useful to readers on the more advanced end of that continuum." Ethics

"The Companion should not be missed by anyone interested in learning to think with Kierkegaard." Norman Lillegard, Philosophy in Review

"Monumental...Hannay's guide-wire readings offer support to those new to Kierkegaard while his interpretations are rich enough to challenge people who have been squinting over Kierkegaard's manuscripts for decades." Commonweal

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